Are you still here? That is fantastic! That must mean you made a conscious, all-in decision to start a dry eye practice, as discussed in part 1, and you have adjusted your existing protocols to include a directed evaluation of the anterior segment looking for clues to the presence and type of dry eye using our traditional exam techniques, as discussed in part 2. You have started to use the information you have gathered to treat patients who suffer from dry eye symptoms using a combination of artificial tears, mechanical therapy and prescription medications. Guess what? Your patients have noticed, and they feel better.I promised you that treating dry eye would make you cool, like our up-and-coming thought leaders Elizabeth Yeu, MD, and Christopher Starr, MD, but you probably were still a bit skeptical, weren’t you? Right up until you walked by the Abbott Medical Optics booth at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting and noticed that the longest line was not for the sweets or the sweet lasers, but to sign up for Blink samples. Admit it, that is kind of cool. Now it is time to take the next step like Liz and Chris and become an advanced dry eye practice.
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